War and Society from the Renaissance to the Napoleonic Era, c. 1500-1815. This information is for the 2013/14 session. Teacher responsible. ... This course provides a broad, thematic study of war and ...

The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 people who played instruments were serving in uniform ...

Reenactors marked the 207th anniversary of the Battle of Berezina, a major clash during the Napoleonic Wars, near Minsk in Belarus in late November. During the battle, Napoleon's forces faced ...

The historian Dan Snow, who is including the story in his History Hit podcast, called the uniform “an absolutely amazing discovery revealing one of the most exciting unknown stories from the ...

Britain’s brass bands are older than previously thought and were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, a new study has found. The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass ...